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While the government promises fiber for all in 2025, this project entrusted to the operators is jammed: 15% to 20% of subscribers would be affected by a malfunction of the service.
No phone, TV or internet for months. Tangled or cut cables, holes in the partitions to and fro… the deployment of optical fiber in French homes sometimes turns into a disaster.
The government has however promised fiber for everyone in 2025, thanks to a public-private partnership of 20 billion euros between the State and internet service providers.
Too much outsourcing?
But this historic project entrusted to the operators is jammed: auto-entrepreneur technicians trained anyhow because of excessive subcontracting, overwhelmed after-sales services… 15% to 20% of subscribers would be affected by a malfunction of the service.
Some municipalities have taken the bull by the horns by locking access to street cabinets. A form of resistance is organized, for lack of regulation.
A report by Julien Duponchel, Sarah Lerch and Vincent Buchy broadcast in “Special Envoy” on September 22, 2022.
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